FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. -- Despite testing, it’s still not known why more than three dozen employees at the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office complained about the building making them sick.

Employees and the sheriff say they are not accepting the results.

From commanders to detectives, some employees from the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office stood before the commission for the first time.

They say for years this building has been making them sick.

"Some nights I used to lay ice packs on my head and other parts of my body in my bed just to numb and stop the itching and the pain burning on my skin," said Commander Jennifer Taylor.

"It’s destroying our bodies, it’s destroying our lifestyles," said Detective Annie Conrad.

Years ago, the building was an old hospital.

The sheriff said 37 employees have reported these same types of illnesses, so last month the county ordered the building to be tested.

The consultant who did the testing said they checked the ceilings, concrete walls, underneath the building, the sheetrock and drywall.

The consultant also said they performed mold and air quality tests and found high humidity and dust settled in the building with conditions "appearing clammy."

While the tests were "negative" in the report, the consultant said that ultimately some of those issues could still lead to mold.

"I can tell you that I am terrified to go back in that building," said Taylor.

Despite what the report stated, the sheriff told commissioners he’ll fight to keep his employees from going back to the building until they figure out what’s going on, and they plan to have their own inspectors check it out

"It scares me that we're going to lose good employees -- please tear this piece of crap down," said Jane Gentile-Youd, community member.

"This board's primary concern in this study, the ESI study, is an effort to try to figure out what's causing this," said Nate McLaughlin, Flagler County Commissioner.

Originally the county said the building would reopen on July 26. That's now on hold.

"We did not know that the long term effects were of this building and what it would do to our bodies -- it may put us into an earlier grave," said Taylor. "We are not asking for a fancy place to work -- we're asking for a safe place to work in."

On Tuesday the board of county commissioners will hold a conference call with the Centers for Disease Control  to give them the details of the report and get feedback on this issue

Right now the employees are still working out of another building.